Example sentences of "they [vb mod] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They feel they ought to be immune and , in their health , superior to lay people . |
| 2 | Those are words which could be used to describe the righteousness of Paul ; and they ought to be appropriate for us too . |
| 3 | The duty of the police when they arrest without warrant is , no doubt , to be quick to see the possibility of crime , but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty … |
| 4 | It was in their interests to make work for the dental profession and sell vitamin C , not to let it get about that simply by keeping their hands where they ought to be young people could have healthy teeth and gums for life . |
| 5 | Whatever arrangements are made they ought to be convenient for the parents and not just for the school . |
| 6 | If anyone claims to be making a factual statement , then they ought to be able to state what observations would be relevant to determining the truth or falsity of that statement . |
| 7 | From there they ought to be able to gain a better notion of Balliol 's intentions . |
| 8 | Lord Denning recognised that " in our constitutional theory Parliament is supreme but he saw the judges as the real " guardians of our constitution " and he felt that they ought to be able to pronounce on the validity of the conventions and " ought to have a power of judicial review of legislation similar to that in the United States : whereby the judges can set aside statutes which are contrary to our unwritten constitution — in that they are repugnant to reason or to fundamentals " . |
| 9 | In either case the man would know the message : and in either case they ought to be able to find him . |
| 10 | Mm , that 's right and they 've got all the hassle of the airport , mind you they ought to be able to get a local airport I do n't know who they 're going , going with , who the erm Gavin said , I think Gavin said or somebody said something the , the original company have gone bankrupt |
| 11 | I would say that they ought to be able to spend at a level which is within the S S As that have been given both for the county and for the districts , and therefore we should be below the three hundred and seventy eight . |
| 12 | Firstly , erm , issues of principle , and I I 've outlined those in item nine one six , and then acquainted them with the Lincolnshire situation , special things that we thought applied in Lincolnshire , that they ought to be aware of . |
| 13 | In this universe they ought to be huge . |
| 14 | This poem uses lots of words that sound as if they ought to be proper words but are not . |
| 15 | They used to be bloody thirty odd quid , forty odd quid . |
| 16 | They used to be nice little lads and all going round and quiet and the they used to then the tram cars used to lo run along Road . |
| 17 | They used to be sharp if you was n't careful . |
| 18 | They used to be brilliant . |
| 19 | Not in my time but they used to be all branched off , there used to be a lot of oysters . |
| 20 | I think that 's where they got the idea and they used to be all leather , thigh boots . |
| 21 | ‘ I mean they used to be taller . |
| 22 | Better , yes , better than erm , some , in the old days when you used to take those photo 's they used to be awful did n't they , erm , everybody sort of look 's as if they were staring and sort of all |
| 23 | I used to try and not say er , you know , to make her feel uncomfortable and that sort of thing , but I did use to draw the line when they used to be eleven and half past eleven saying goodnight and I had to get up at half past , six o'clock , seven o'clock |
| 24 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 25 | And yet , years ago they used to be long , long trains . |
| 26 | they used to be cheap , there was a lot of one pound seventy , they 're only a little slab , drive me boring doing the little ones , so you might as well get two of the big ones once you 've done |
| 27 | Most portable types are around £20 — that 's half the price they used to be 10 years ago . |
| 28 | they used to be alright did n't they ? |
| 29 | The neat , sturdy water-buses pass by , on their way to the railway station or over the Basin to the Lido ; they used to be steam-powered , which is why they are called vaporetti . |
| 30 | They used to be common in the Aberdeen Angus too . |